By: Christopher Feery | July 9, 2016

A 27-year-old male resident of Spring Valley, CA drove more than an hour away for a rendezvous with a 12-year-old girl that he planned to take off with. According to NBC San Diego, the victim’s father woke up just in the nick of time to catch the man red-handed.

Scott Stilwell had made contact with the girl via social media sites including Instagram and made the trek to Riverside County so they could meet up. Reports indicate that he had promised the girl gifts, and she agreed to sneak out and meet Stilwell when he arrived.

The girl’s father, Tim LeBlanc, would just happen to wake up at the same time as the meet and greet was expected to take place. He would find that her daughter was not fast asleep in her room where she was supposed to be, and would quickly go searching for her.

He would find her up the street just about to get into Stilwell’s car. LeBlanc confronted Stilwell, who claimed he was only 16 before taking a swing at the dad, who would reportedly subdue him with a single punch.
He was able to detain Stilwell until the cops arrived, and realizes how fortunate he is that the story didn’t turn into one of several worst-case scenarios.

“That she was gone forever, the world we live in, there are such sick people, there are some horrible people out there. There’s also sex trafficking,” LeBlanc said.